Notes

[1]This telegram was the last warning to A. M. Yuriev (Alexeyev),
Chairman of the Murmansk Territory Soviet, where the
Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries had a majority. On March 2,
1918 Yuriev had violated the instructions of the Soviet
Government by entering into negotiations with representatives of the
Entente and concluding a so-called “verbal agreement” with them,
which virtually placed the Territory’s military forces and
economy in the hands of the “Allies” and enabled the imperialists of
Britain, France and the United States to land troops in Murmansk.

Despite several warnings from the Soviet Government Yuriev
persisted in his criminal policy. On June 26 he sent Lenin a radio
message demanding further concessions to the interventionists.
Lenin’s reply was the telegram published here.

Natsarenus, S. P. (1883–1938)—Military Commissar
Extraordinary for the Murmansk-White Sea Territory in 1918; later
Military Commissar for the Petrograd Military District. He was also
at various times member of the Revolutionary Military Councils
of the 7th, 14th and 15th armies.